Dan Lau wrote:
>
> On Wed, 14 Jan 1998 21:59, sdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Stephen D. Goss) wrote:
> >>11) When does the 1/60 manual speed come into play?
> >> (Only after the batteries are dead?)
>
> >What manual speed? When the batteries get low enough in my OM-2n, the
> >shutter goes open and *stays* open until I move the switch to reset.
>
> I should have said "mechanical" speed instead. Since I don't have
> an OM-2n manual, I don't know anything about the camera. But I was
> under the impression that on the OM-2n, the 1/60 and B speeds are
> mechanical, and they are operational even when the batteries are
> dead. Is that correct or is B the only mechanical shutter speed on
> the OM-2n?
> -Dan
>
Hello Dan,
It is only B that is mechanical. The OM-2/2n is for most purposes just
a paper-weight without the batteries. This has not been a problem for
me during the past 14 years with an OM-2n, the battey drain is quite
reasonable.
I have a correction to Steven's description: It is only the mirror
that stays up, when there is no battery in the camera. The shutter
does not open in that situation.
Regards
Lars
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Lars Haven <lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> aka <lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
"When writing about women, one must dip one's pen in a rainbow"
D. Diderot
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